Herman Cain may be the latest fatality on the national political scene after announcing he would suspend his presidential campaign on Saturday after allegations of sexual harassment and an on-going affair took their toll. Yet the question remains \u2013 how much does the public have a right to know about a candidates personal and family life and how should voters weigh this information when deciding whom to vote for?<\/p>\n
Penny Nance, The CEO of Concerned Women of America weighed in on the issue with an opinion piece and in a conversation with The Christian Post, saying that yes, \u201ccharacter does and should matter.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the public does have a right to know about a candidate\u2019s personal background,\u201d Nance told The Christian Post. \u201cHow a person conducts themselves says a lot about how they are going to lead and govern \u2013 not to mention how they think.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe question before citizens is, \u2018Do we have a right to hold elected officials to a high moral standard?\u2019\u201d Nance wrote in her column. While Cain may be the latest public figure to succumb to media revelations, recent history has produced numerous examples on both sides of the aisle.<\/p>\n
To read the rest of the article, click here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/does-the-public-have-a-right-to-know-about-a-candidates-personal-life-64016\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Herman Cain may be the latest fatality on the national political scene after announcing he would suspend his presidential campaign on Saturday after allegations of sexual harassment and an on-going affair took their toll. Yet the question remains \u2013 how much does the public have a right to know about a candidates personal and family life and how should voters weigh this information when deciding whom to vote for? Penny Nance, The CEO of Concerned Women of America weighed in on the issue with an opinion piece and in a conversation with The Christian Post, saying that yes, \u201ccharacter does and should matter.\u201d \u201cI think the public does have a right to know about a candidate\u2019s personal background,\u201d Nance told The Christian Post. \u201cHow a person conducts themselves says a lot about how they are going to lead and govern \u2013 not to mention how they think.\u201d \u201cThe question before citizens is, \u2018Do we have a right to hold elected officials to a high moral standard?\u2019\u201d Nance wrote in her column. While Cain may be the latest public figure to succumb to media revelations, recent history has produced numerous examples on both sides of the aisle. To read the rest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[84,183,305,327,329,418],"class_list":["post-492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-by-paul","tag-concerned-women-of-america","tag-herman-cain","tag-newt-gingrich","tag-paul-stanley","tag-penny-nance","tag-the-christian-post"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n